Mali vs South Sudan

Mali vs South Sudan: Military share of state spending

Military share of state spending in 2025: 14.8% of government spending in Mali and 18.4% of government spending in South Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 3.6 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Mali.

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% of government spending · SIPRI

Mali vs South Sudan: Military share of state spendingMilitary share of state spending in 2025: 14.8% of government spending in Mali and 18.4% of government spending in South Sudan, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 3.6 percentage points, or 1.24 times that in Mali.
MaliSouth SudanSIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • South Sudan has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Mali.
  • In 2025, Mali ranked 16 and South Sudan ranked 8 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of government spending · SIPRI

YearMaliSouth Sudan
202514.818.4
202416.635.1
202314.910.8
202212.45.7
202112.63.4
2020135.5
201911.97.9
201813.99.8
201713.26.2
201611.69
201511.326
20147.623.7
20135.925.9
20127.727.7
2011629
20106.8–
20096.2–
20087.7–
20076.3–
20066.3–
20056.4–
20046.5–
20036.8–
20026.4–
20017.1–
20007.6–
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Good to know

  • The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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